diff --git a/json-smart/src/main/java/net/minidev/json/parser/JSONParserByteArray.java b/json-smart/src/main/java/net/minidev/json/parser/JSONParserByteArray.java
index 80f587e..2e8efd8 100644
--- a/json-smart/src/main/java/net/minidev/json/parser/JSONParserByteArray.java
+++ b/json-smart/src/main/java/net/minidev/json/parser/JSONParserByteArray.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ protected void extractStringTrim(int start, int stop) {
 	}
 
 	protected int indexOf(char c, int pos) {
-		for (int i = pos; pos < len; i++)
+		for (int i = pos; i < len; i++)
 			if (in[i] == (byte) c)
 				return i;
 		return -1;